Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Geriatrics

* the delayed effects of early trauma
* narcissism and the re-emergence of borderline traits and dissociative states
* the emergence of treatment resistant depression and anxiety
* the use of the cognitive analytic therapy model to challenge the child centred paradigm of psychoanalytic...

A totally up to date reference book for
anything which an audiology professional needs to know about how ageing affects
the auditory system and how applying this knowledge can optimise rehabilitation
outcomes from the fitting of hearing aids. That very much puts it in the
category of important reading material -- BSHAA News

Completely revised and updated, Geriatric Audiology, Second Edition is a unique handbook that provides audiologists, speech
language pathologists, and doctoral students in audiology with...

This book has two main purposes: formative case analysis and self-assessment of medicine in old age. It presents clinicians with a series of cases on which to base discussion of the investigation and management of patients. It also provides the trainee, or established doctor, with a medium to help prepare for post-graduate examinations and clinical practice.
The authors have chosen 109 cases, a total of 250 questions/answers, illustrated by color photographs, diagrams, and tables. The cases cover the main modes of presentation of acute illness in old age, such as fall, confusion,...

In this new color handbook, the authors deal systematically with those skin conditions that are particular to or more common in the elderly covering testing, diagnosis and treatment options. Given ageing populations the need for such a book is urgent.
More and more elderly patients will seek care for a variety of skin conditions, ranging from eczema and psoriasis to benign lesions and skin cancers. For environmental and physiological reasons, all such conditions become more prevalent in the elderly and the effects of treatment more problematic.
Following an initial chapter on how...

The second edition of Management of Dementia combines a balanced review of the latest knowledge and research in this area with practical guidance based on the authors' considerable personal experience in dementia care.

Topics include:

• The diagnostic criteria of Parkinson s disease dementia
• Approaches to combat behavioural disturbances, depression, psychosis, and agitation
• Suggestions for overcoming sleep disturbances
• An update on the many genetic findings in Alzheimer s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies...

This up-to-date, superbly illustrated book is a practical guide to the effective use of neuroimaging in the patient with cognitive decline. It sets out the key clinical and imaging features of the various causes of dementia and directs the reader from clinical presentation to neuroimaging and on to an accurate diagnosis whenever possible. After an introductory chapter on the clinical background, the available "toolbox" of structural and functional neuroimaging techniques is reviewed in detail, including CT, MRI and advanced MR techniques, SPECT and PET, and image analysis methods. The...

Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause for the loss of central seeing with humans beyond the age of 50 in the industrial nations. A triplication of the patients is expected in the next 25 years. Especially in the last couple of years the standard of knowledge regarding etiology, risk factors, diagnostics and therapy of this retina illness has substantially grown which is presented in this up-to-date multi-authored work. Apart from epidemiologically identified risk factors both the various pathophysiological aspects and clinical manifestations and angiographic...

Das besondere Anliegen dieses Bandes besteht darin, altersspezifische Krankheiten mit molekulargenetischen Methoden zu charakterisieren und - soweit heute bekannt - auf ihre molekularen Ursachen zuruckzufuhren mit dem Ziel, praventive arztliche Interventionen abzuleiten bzw. fruhzeitig therapeutische Massnahmen zu begrunden, um dadurch Einschrankungen der Lebensqualitat zu vermeiden oder diese zu verbessern.

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2015

This unique guide is specifically designed for dementia carers with English as a second language. It is a concise compendium of current thinking on person-centred dementia care that features sample vocabulary and sentences ideal for working specifically with dementia patients. It focuses on the importance of good day-to-day communication skills and positive interaction between patients and carers during different activities. Whether used as a self-study aid or alongside any of the available training courses, it is a...